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Background:
Rachel Fell McDermott is Associate Professor and Chair of the
Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures Department and specializes in
South Asia, especially India. She received her B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania in
1981, her M.Div. from Harvard Divinity School in 1984, and her Ph.D. from Harvard
University in 1993. Her research interests focus on Bengal, in eastern India, and the
Hindu-goddess-centered religious traditions from that part of the subcontinent. She is
also committed to the study of comparative religion, and teaches comparative courses in
which important religious themes are traced across cultures.
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